< Psalms 29 >
1 A PSALM OF DAVID. Ascribe to YHWH, you sons of the mighty, Ascribe to YHWH glory and strength.
You angels in heaven, praise Yahweh! Praise him because he is very glorious and powerful.
2 Ascribe to YHWH the glory of His Name, Bow yourselves to YHWH, In the beauty of holiness.
Proclaim that (he/his name) is glorious; bow down before Yahweh in his holy [temple].
3 The voice of YHWH [is] on the waters, The God of glory has thundered, YHWH [is] on many waters.
Yahweh’s voice is heard above the oceans; Yahweh, the glorious God, thunders. His voice thunders over the huge oceans [DOU].
4 The voice of YHWH [is] with power, The voice of YHWH [is] with majesty,
His voice is powerful and majestic.
5 The voice of YHWH [is] shattering cedars, Indeed, YHWH shatters the cedars of Lebanon.
The sound of Yahweh’s voice breaks great cedar trees, the cedars that grow in Lebanon.
6 And He causes them to skip as a calf, Lebanon and Sirion as a son of Reems,
He causes [the mountains in] Lebanon to jump like calves jump, and causes Hermon [Mountain] to jump like a young bull jumps.
7 The voice of YHWH is hewing fiery flames,
Yahweh’s voice causes lightning to flash.
8 The voice of YHWH pains a wilderness, YHWH pains the wilderness of Kadesh.
His voice causes the desert to shake; he shakes Kadesh Desert [in the southern part of Judah].
9 The voice of YHWH pains the oaks, And makes bare the forests, And in His temple everyone says, “Glory!”
Yahweh’s voice shakes the huge oak trees and strips the leaves from the trees while the people in the temple shout, “Praise [God]!”
10 YHWH has sat on the flood, And YHWH sits [as] king for all time,
Yahweh ruled over the flood [that covered the earth]; he is our King who will rule forever.
11 YHWH gives strength to His people, YHWH blesses His people with peace!
Yahweh enables his people to be strong, and he blesses them by causing things to go well for them.